308 Ground clearance and car ferries

My 430 catches the stern door going on at times, buy a pair of mini ramps to put under the front wheels.

 

From my experience they all differ and can vary with tide, but the boarding crew are usually friendly and go out of their way for a different challenge.

Suggest letting company know in advance, ramps as mentioned a good idea. May have to weave from side to side etc

 

For the Channel/Spain don't worry about it they've been doing this for years and tend to be very helpful - the initial folding door ramp may need an angle but then if it looks iffy they'll just leave you on that deck

308s aren't as low as many more modern cars which manage fine - see all the ferry threads in the uk section

 

I have taken my 308GT4 on channel car ferries, both Dover and Portsmouth some 10 or more round trips over the last 11 years of ownership. The front fibreglass undertray regularly scrapes on some UK roads anyway, particularly narrow lanes with a raised centre, as do most GT4s and I have an aluminium plate pop riveted at the offending point to save having to annually repair the hole that appears in the fibreglass. So getting on and of a ferry is no worse than anywhere else. I make to sure to go on at an angle at snails pace and it is normally then OK. But if you have a 308 GTB/GTS with the front deep spoiler, I can't speak for that.

The French speed mujpms in villages, particuarly comin g off tehm, is far more of a prp0oble, Make sure not to brake as you come off them as that lowers the front of the car.

 

308, 328, no problem. Loaded onto the ferry and Eurotunnel multiple times. As previously said, the staff are very helpful as well.

 

From watching some of Harry Metcalf's videos ("Harry's Garage" on Youtube), the trick with low riding cars is to approach the ramps diagonally, to put a front wheel on the the ramp before any of the underside touches the ramp (I seem to recall in one of his videos the guys on the ferry guiding him on and advising him as he approached the ramp diagonally )

Basically it's the same technique used for steep driveways/property entrances and such like (I have to this with my 328 GTS if I take it to work due to the angle of the car park entrance)

 

What are the tides doing the days you enter the Ferry?

 

I don't recommend that you try this ferry!!.....
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